Battlefield maker EA has the rights to Star Wars games but going toe-to-toe with that sci-fi hit's own telly rival would be great fun.

This year's Battlefield is rumoured to be a "police" themed game.

And with Respawn's Titanfall wowing FPS fans on the Xbox One using giant robot mechs, it's clear games makers are looking at different gimmicks to freshen up the genre.

CoD bosses are staying tight-lipped for now about this year's instalment.

But they are teasing they will be "spreading their wings" come November.

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“It will give us some more time, let us spread our wings a little bit and give us time to try some new things”

Joe Cecot, Ghosts maker Infinity Ward

Ghosts maker Infinity Ward's Joe Cecot said moving from a two to a three-year development cycle per game is allowing the developers more time to try new ideas.

He said: "It will give us some more time, let us spread our wings a little bit and give us time to try some new things, but right now we're so focused on DLC.

"I think you can see, because of that extra time, it's starting to show in our current DLC, like the stuff with Mike Myers and our upcoming DLC.

"We've had some more time to do something different.

"It will give us some more time, but it's an interesting challenge too, because we have to plan farther ahead, so we have to predict where first-person shooters are going to be and where Call of Duty is going to be in those three years.

"But for us as developers, there are games that you work with for five or seven years, so it's still a tight schedule."

Time will tell whether CoD will go down the Lego-style tie-in route.

But for now, gamers are keen to see what Activision has up its sleeve for the next title.